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Abstract
Chromium (VI) oxide (CrO3) has gained extensive attention due to its versatile physical and chemical properties.
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the impact of biofield treatment on physical, thermal and structural
properties of CrO3 powder. In this study, CrO3 powder was divided into two parts i.e. control and treatment. Control
part was remained as untreated and treated part received Mr. Trivedis biofield treatment. Subsequently, control
and treated CrO3 samples were characterized using Thermo gravimetric analysis-differential thermal analysis
(TGA-DTA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). DTA showed that the
melting point of treated CrO3 was increased upto 212.65C (T3) as compared to 201.43C in control. In addition, the
latent heat of fusion was reduced upto 51.70% in treated CrO3 as compared to control. TGA showed the maximum
thermal decomposition temperature (Tmax) around 330C, was increased upto 340.12C in treated CrO3 sample.
XRD data revealed that lattice parameter and unit cell volume of treated CrO3 samples were reduced by 0.25 and
0.92% respectively, whereas density was increased by 0.93% in treated CrO3 sample as compared to control. The
crystallite size of treated CrO3 was increased from 46.77 nm (control) to 60.13 nm after biofield treatment. FT-IR
spectra showed the absorption peaks corresponding to Cr=O at 906 and 944 cm-1 in control, which were increased
to 919 and 949 cm1 in treated CrO3 after biofield treatment. Overall, these results suggest that biofield treatment has
substantially altered the physical, thermal and structural properties of CrO3 powder.
Citation: Trivedi MK, Tallapragada RM, Branton A, Trivedi D, Nayak G, et al. (2015) Characterization of Physical, Thermal and Structural Properties of
Chromium (VI) Oxide Powder: Impact of Biofield Treatment. J Powder Metall Min 4: 128. doi:10.4172/2168-9806.1000128
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TTreated TControl
100
% change in Melting Point =
TControl
Where, T Control and T Treated are the melting point of control and
treated samples, respectively.
Similarly, percent change in H and Tmax were calculated.
A Treated A Control
100
A Control
Where A Control and A Treated are the lattice parameter of treated and
control samples respectively. Similarly, the percent change in all other
parameters such as unit cell volume, density, molecular weight, and
crystallite size were calculated.
Control
T1
T2
T3
T4
201.43
204.28
204.24
212.65
200.88
1.41
1.4
5.57
-0.27
-235.53
-252.69
-235.13
-414.03
-142.22
486.87
507.37
274.04
235.15
433.09
% change
% change
Decomposition Temp,
Tmax (C)
4.21
-43.71
-51.7
-11.05
330
335
336.98
333.36
340.12
1.52
2.12
1.02
3.07
-13.28
-14.49
-82.57
-10.48
-6.03
Percent change
Percent weight loss at
Tmax
Citation: Trivedi MK, Tallapragada RM, Branton A, Trivedi D, Nayak G, et al. (2015) Characterization of Physical, Thermal and Structural Properties of
Chromium (VI) Oxide Powder: Impact of Biofield Treatment. J Powder Metall Min 4: 128. doi:10.4172/2168-9806.1000128
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Figure 1: XRD pattern of chromium (VI) oxide powder. (a) Control and (b) Treated.
Figure 3: FT-IR spectrum of chromium (VI) oxide powder. (a) Control and (b)
Treated.
% change in
Control
Treated
Crystallite size
46.77
60.13
28.57
Citation: Trivedi MK, Tallapragada RM, Branton A, Trivedi D, Nayak G, et al. (2015) Characterization of Physical, Thermal and Structural Properties of
Chromium (VI) Oxide Powder: Impact of Biofield Treatment. J Powder Metall Min 4: 128. doi:10.4172/2168-9806.1000128
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In our previous study on iron oxide, biofield treatment had altered the
bond strength of Fe-O bond [25]. Thus, it is hypothesized that the energy
transferred through biofield treatment probably enhanced the Cr=O
bond strength in treated CrO3 molecules, which may lead to increase
bond force constant, thus increase the wavenumber. In addition, the
increase in Cr=O bond strength could increase the stability of CrO3
molecules. It is also supported by increase in thermal stability of treated
CrO3 after biofield treatment.
Conclusion
The thermal analysis of CrO3 using TGA-DTA revealed that
biofield treatment has altered the melting point, H, and Tmax. The
melting point was increased upto 5.57% in treated CrO3, whereas
H was reduced upto 51.70% in treated as compared to control.
It is assumed that biofield treatment probably altered the internal
energy of treated CrO3 samples, which may lead to alter the melting
point and H. In addition, Tmax was slightly increased up to 3.077%
as compared to control. Besides, XRD data exhibited the alteration in
lattice parameter, unit cell volume, density, and molecular weight in
treated CrO3 as compared to control. The crystallite size of treated CrO3
sample was increased by 28.57% as compared to control. It may be due
to movement of crystallite boundaries through biofield energy, which
probably transferred via biofield treatment. FT-IR spectra revealed that
the absorption peaks were shifted from 906 and 944 cm-1 (control) to
higher wavenumber i.e. 919 and 949 cm-1 in treated CrO3 sample. It
could be due to increase of bond force constant of Cr=O bond after
biofield treatment. Overall, study results suggest that biofield treatment
has significantly altered the thermal, physical and structural properties
of CrO3 powder. It is also assumed that biofield treated CrO3 could be
useful for chrome plating applications in automobile industries.
Acknowledgement
Authors gratefully acknowledged to Dr. Cheng Dong of NLSC, Institute of
Physics, and Chinese academy of Sciences for providing the facilities to use
PowderX software for analyzing XRD data. Authors also would like to thank Trivedi
Science, Trivedi master wellness and Trivedi testimonials for their support during
the work.
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